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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Fugitive Hijacker Caught After 40 Years

After more than 40 years on the run, a member of a group that forced FBI agents to deliver ransom money at a Miami airport in nothing but their swimsuits has been caught. George Wright, on the lam since 1970, was arrested by authorities Monday in Lisbon, Portugal.

Wright, 68, broke out of a New Jersey prison in 1970 while serving time for murdering a World War II hero, Walter Patterson, during a robbery in 1962. He then joined up with the Black Liberation Army, hiding out for a couple years. He allegedly returned to his criminal ways in Detroit in 1972, boarding Delta Airlines flight 841 bound for Miami with several other armed conspirators. Wright was dressed as a priest and allegedly carried a hollowed-out Bible with a gun hidden inside.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Wright, 68, broke out of a New Jersey prison in 1970. Old and still a gangsta. Pillar of the community

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    Bama bringing him home to collect social security.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    Aint the statue of limitations up for this guy?

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  4. lmclainSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    No statute of limitations on murder.

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